Today in the Sky: Alaska Air adds new routes in Portland

1:30 AM,
May 4, 2013

Ben Mutzabaugh.

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Ben Mutzabaugh
Today in the Sky

Alaska Airlines, which serves Palm Springs International Airport, will add two new nonstop routes from its hub in Portland, Ore.

Flights to Atlanta will begin Aug. 26 while flights to Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) will start Sept. 16. Alaska Air will fly one daily round-trip flight on each route.

"With (the) announcement, we will have committed to eight new routes from Portland within the last 12 months as we continue expansion of this hub," Andrew Harrison, Alaska Air's VP of planning and revenue management, said in a statement. ...